Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 300 Release Notes page 25

Brocade 6510
Brocade 6505
Brocade 6520
48000 with FA4-18 blade(s), Brocade 7600
Secure Fabric OS (on any model)
Mi10k, M6140, ED-6064, ES-3232, ES-4300, ES-4400, ES-4500, ES-
4700 (McDATA Fabric Mode and Open Fabric Mode)
McDATA ED-5000 32-port FC director
Brocade 7420
Brocade 7500 and FR4-18i blade
McDATA SANRouters 1620 and 2640
Brocade VDX6710, VDX6720, VDX6730
Brocade VDX8770
Table Notes:
When routing to an M-EOS edge fabric using frame redirection, the M-EOS fabric must have a FOS-based product in
1
order to configure the frame redirection zone information in the edge fabric.
When directly attached to a Host or Target that is part of an encryption flow.
2
These platforms may not be directly attached to hosts or targets for encryption flows.
3
McDATA 1620 and 2640 SANRouters should not be used with FOS-based routing (FCR) for connections to the same
4
edge fabric.
FA4-18 is not supported in a DCX/DCX-4S that is running FOS v7.0 or later
5
If operating with FOS v6.2.2e or earlier, Adaptive Networking QoS must be disabled when connecting to 16G FC
6
platform. Otherwise, ISL will segment.
Connectivity to FC SAN is established via VDX6730 connected to FCR running FOS v7.0.1 or later. FCR platforms
7
supported include 5100, VA-40FC, 5300, 7800, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, 6510, 6520 (requires FOS
v7.1 or later). For higher FCR backbone scalability (refer to separate "Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines"
documentation for details), please use 5300, 6520, DCX, DCX-4S, DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4.
FR4-18i and FC10-6 are not supported on DCX/DCX-4S on FOS v7.1 or later.
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Fabric OS v7.1.0a Release Notes v1.0
Supported Products and FOS Interoperability
1
Multi-Protocol Router Interoperability
NOS (VDX Platform) Interoperability
FOS v7.0 or later
FOS v7.0.1 or later
FOS v7.1 or later
V6.2.2 or later
Not Supported
Direct E_Port connections are not
supported – must use FCR running
pre-FOS v7.1.
M-EOS v9.9.5 or later
Not Supported
Not supported
V6.2.2 and higher
Not Supported
NOS v2.1.1 or later
7
NOS 3.0 or later
6
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